Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 24, 1891, Page 4

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Proprietars THE BEE BUTLDING g Wm;\ STAT MENT OF C1RCULATION, for the woeek ending Moy Nednesda N \uh('« o Thursds, Mareh 19 Yriday, March 20, Baturdny, M h 2, ry of TiE Brr mnly swear DALY HER Averago., GEOKRGE B, L n 10 before me ,wy\.\«}wr'\. presence (his st day of March A D, 5 g % NI Notary Pubi te of Nobras | County of b &8 K, bein t ho'ls seci that. t TnE DALY BER for the was 00,815 coples; for for M ), K0 01 coples duly sworn. ulation of Mareh, 1590, 0,504’ coples month ¢ April, coples: 1440, for A . N mm er, 186 71 coples: Ty 1800, Gy T78CHUCK, bed in_my yof February, A. D.. 180l NP, Fiit, Notary Publie. cnber, £,448 coples As achimney builder Superintendent of Buildings Woolley is an expensive Tusury. TAYLOR got the loaves and the people must content themselves with stones and promises. Wy should the Thor electric light comp i for orbe al- lowed o five-year contract? \pson-FHouston WHEN the g to the n produced in b ho wasa ra ornor of Texas refused ional bounty on sugar s state, he proved that > Hogg. Tar the Towa the gov- it stand question now is, will Tate bill pass over the veto of ornor? And if it should, will the test of the courts? Crr of Nebraska catch a faint glimmer of the feeling of the citizens of New Orleans when they think of Taylor and the boodling corporation lobby. SENATOR GORMAN’S decision, to the effect that the democrats cannot afford to elect the blatant Mills to the speak- ership, bears out his reputation as a shrewd politician. Now let the members who are hon- estly in favor of some railroad legisla- tion revise the Stevens bill and give usa 15 or 20 per cent reduction on the princi- pal staples of import and ex port. WHETF the Ballou electric light company means business or not can only be determiaed by giving it a chance to show its hand. This for two months the council has effectually prevented. It will be interesting to observe the rosult of & gubernatorial campaign in Towa waged on the issue that farming doesn't pay. If Governor Boies wins on that ground where does it leave tho state of Towa? PRESIDENT HARRISON'S letter to Judgo Groff, accopting his reaignation, recognizes in handsome, certainly to tho judge gratifying, language the oxcel- lence of nis ndministration of the gen- eral land office. —_— It is announced that John Sherman cannot be re-elected to the senate, This announcement is regularly made at this stage of tho canvass. - Al another stago John alw: gets in his work, That is when the vote is counted — THE appropriations under the control of the interior department for the fiscal year 189091 foot up the enormous sum 87,167.02. This of itself is proof that the interior department is too ex- tensive an institution for a single head, THE Kansas reformers refer in their manifesto to the fact that a large num- bor of insane people in that state ure confined in county jails When T BeE suid so, several monthgago, it was indignantly denied, But these are not campaign times, and it makes a heap of differenc THE independents will scarcely make much political capital out of the pussage of the Newberry bill. The bill received the votes of seven democrats and ropulr licans and never could have been passed by the votes of the independentsalone 80 long as Coulter remained on the sick list and ‘Taylor was non ost. marriages are 50 common among royal familics, that it hardly seems necessary to go 1o war to deter- mine whether the Grand Duchess Eliz- beth's abandonment of her grand mothor’s English religion for &that of hor Russian spouse was conversion or coorclon. Nevortheless thatis & ques- tion of international importance just at present. THE board of trade will find a vast sod profitable field for its enorgies among tho jobbing houses of the east who may be induced upon proper rep- resentations of the situation to open large branch establishments in Omaha, These will bring the manufacturer and uid greatly in the growth of the com- morco of the city. The wholesalo and jobbing trade is by no means overdoue. Several large houses are needed in new lines of trade, and others would find a good fleld in lines already represented, THE 10WA RATE LAW. Tho maximum freight schedule estab- lished by the railroad commissioners of Towa, bettor known as the Newboerry bill bas passed the scoate after & pro- tracted struggle just as it came from the house. The bill will now go to the gov- ernor for his approval or veto. Three or four days ago Governor Boyd declared that he would be elled to veto this bill on the ground of unrensonable- If the governor adheres to his ex- pressed views it is very doubtful wheshe the bill ean be made a law notwith ing ons, It it does be luw, either by his assent or by fifths vote of hoth hous is question whether its provisions will bo sustained by the supreme Bt this doubt has evid: welght with theles s of the independ- ents who have forced this mensure through both Louses under whip and spur. With them the question of relief 1ly tho »ro- a sccondary mattor. They want fo enter the next eampaign with e ce and churge the responsibility for continued exorbitant rates upon the der ind the ropubli sup us an independ- ent governor and monopoly su- preme court and the people will have W t they demand.” That will bo the battie s and next year's eampnign, But the people are satisfled with cobble for nt relief and redres: o warmed over grievance dished up periadically with fiat of re- demption which nobody ex pocts to sce fulfilled. comy its ness, come thr s objec a court. ntly bad no nd espect o verno a reme court, *Givi an anti- not likely to be when they They wd not tones ving lo promise UNCONSTITUTIONAL APPORTIONMENT. Tho legislat has practically de- termined upon a scheme to deprive the growi populous counties of their proper representation in the leg Iature by re-emacting the present leg lative appor It is an- nounced that the s apportion- ment committee will report just such an unfair m > of the of fair-minded peoplo and the provision of the constitution. The constitution directs in unequivo~ cal terms that the legislature shall ap- portion the senators and representatives to the number of inhabi- Itis a provision which can not be explained away or legally avoided. On this basis there should be one sena- tor for epch 52,088 people and one repre- sentative for each 10,589, calculating the apportionment upon the census of 1890, Leaving out of the question the rauk injustice to Douglas county where a senator represents o population under the proposed Dill of over 52,500 and a ropreseutative ovor 17,712, the proposi- tion is infamously unjust to other dis- tricts which have grown faster than the state at large. Senatorial district No, 13, consisting of Holt, Garfield and Wheeler counties, has apopulation of 17,695 and one sena- tor, district No. 22, Saline county, has 9, and district No. 2, comprising Johnson and Nemaha counties X On the other hand district No. 14, in- cluding Brown, Keya. Paha, Chorry, Sheridan, Dawes, Box Butte, Sic and Rock counties, has 44,030; No, 29, made up of eight counties in the southwestern part of the state, hes 50,845, and that of the extremo west, consisting of fifteen counties, has 44,550. The senator from one district thus represonts 17,695 peo- ple, and of another, embracing fiveor six times the territory, 50,000, Representative districts are likewise unjustly made up. Richardson county, with 17,574 people, has three represent- atives, Representative digtrict N y containing eleven western counties, has but one representative. though its popu- lation is 28,241, Richardson county has one representative to 5,838, Pawnce one 10 5,170, Nemaha one to 6,875, and this far west district one to 28,241, while the district including Sheridan, Dawes, Box Buttoand Sioux counties has one rep- resentative for 23,355 people. The scheme is a palpable, inexcusable fraud; an outrage upon popular govern- ment; o cloar violation of the constitu- tion of the state, and a deliberate pur- pose to disfranchise a very large number of citizens of Nebraska. protests express Saccording tants,” WHO IS 10 BLAME} Who is to blame for the fact that all attompts at railroad regulation by tho present logislature have thus far failed, and that the state isscandalized and disgraced by the absconding of a senator at the moment when his presence is nec- essary to the success of measures which ho is pledged to support? The present deplorable situation is the work of lobbyists. This class of venal corporation servants was never more numerous or aggressive than at the present session. From the first day they have swarmed through the col ridors of the cepitol, filled the committee and cloak rooms, and even crowded upon the flpors of both houses and madethem- selves at home in the seats of member: They have plied their trade by ever dovious way and contemptible trick known to the fraternity. Members who could not be bought have been flattered or eajoled, and those who could not be influenced otherwise have been compro- mised. Wine, women nnd the gaming table have been used to the utmost ad- yantage by the unscrupulous hirelings who were sent Into the capitol to defeat the will of the people by whatever foul MeAns were necoss Allthis was foreseen, Tt wa bo Qoubted that in this suprome contest betweon the peoplo and tho corpora tions the latter would seek to use the lobby with deadly effect. But the legis- lature was warned in advance, by THE B and through other agencies, to bo- ware of these subtle enemies of reform, It was advised to set rigorous limits, be- yond which the lobbyist would not dare to go, and especially to keep them out of the hallsof legislution and the com- mittee rooms. The independent ma- jority was further urged to push through the most urgent re- form meansures, together with the bills for the relief of destitute sottlers, atan early stage of the session whilo their members were under good discipline and before the lobby should havean opportunity to get in its work of corruption. All warnings wero disregarded. The s not to and- | 1 i | best days of the session, when tho inde- pendent majority was fresh from the pooplo and earnest in its desire for re- form, wore wasted in'n wretched scram- ble for the spoils of office. The lobby was freoly admitted to all parts of the capital, and, long before the critical stage of the session had been reached, the cafnival of corruption in full blust. The apparent end is failure and disgrace. It isdueto the poor let ship of the independent majority and its disregard of the advice of its real friends, And now, what do the people intend to donbont it? When men have been clected upon solemn pledges of reform, and they have disregarded those pledges and run awny, what means of redress romains to the people? was lor - wanton T0 REDEEM CHICAGO, The entive country is intercsted in the question of good government for Chi- cugo, Two years henco the Columbian oxposition will open in that city, and in the meantime and for months thereafter Chicago will be more in the attention of our own people and those of foreign lands than any other American city. Her character as an orderly, law re- specting pommunity, whero life and property are secure under the protec- tion of good laws faithfully administered, or as u city in which the authorities are careloss in the enforcement of law and vice and erime are given latitude and immunity, will be carcfully noted at home and abrond. Therecord will have amaterial effect in determining the sue- coss of the However mag- nificent the display which that great en- terprise will bring together, there will be thousands of who will be de- terred from v if the administ tion of municipal affairs is not such as to warrant them in feeling that they would be s safe in the great metropolis as in the city or town of their home. Dbody understands that the great event will attract to Chicago an army of tho worst elements of society. They will go there well provided with means to upt the corruptible and to buy immunity for their erimes, if it is to be bought. Shall these lawless classes be allowed free course, or be held in con- trol and restraint by the ut vigi- lance and honest administration of the municipal government? It is not the people of Chic only who are in- terested in this quostion. It concorns all who are looking forward to a sojourn of weeks, or perhaps months, in that city two years hence. Now the time for the people of Chicago to show to the world that they intend to have an honest and incorrupt- ible city government, and tosay to the millions whom they hope to make their guests in celebrating the discovery of America that they will be prepared to guarancee them evory socurity possible from a farthful and efficient administra- tion of the laws. They appear tobe fully alive to the importance of doing this. Theeampaign is already in vigor- ous progress which promises to redeom the city from its present misrule and give it a government of law and order. The citizens’ movement for this purpose, which embraces men of all parties, is making headway with a vapldity that augurs success. The democratic party, now in control, is divided, ant with two candiaates in the field ought to be easily defeated, and undoubtedly will be if this situation of affairs is maintained. But, in any event, the indications are most favorable for the overthrow of the now dominant political element and the in- auguration of a new era in the mun pal affairs of Chicago that will in every way be greatly to the advantage of that city. Nothing the people of Chicago could do at this time would more strongly commend them to the confi- dence and respeet of the country, or be more certainly conducive to the success of the great enterprise which should have their first and highest considera- tion. exposition. copl cor cpnst g0 is KANSAS REFORM IN RETROSPEC The independent party of Kansas re- views the work of the reform legislature in a formal manifesto. It is an interest- ing leaf from current political history The defeat of Ingalls and eiection of Peffer is placed at the front as the most glorious achievement of the session. It was accomplished, the manifesto de- clares, in spite of the opposition of “hived Hessins” and temptations of bribery, und it “disproves the old maxim, that ‘every man has his price.’” The Kansas independents certainly have rea- son for self-congratulation in the out- come of the senatorial contest. Witha ity in joint convention they would have found a failure to defeat In- galls rather difficult to explain to their constituents, It vemains yet to be seen, however,how much of real good has been gained by this triumph. Thus far all that is cortain 1s the fact that Mr. Peffer has got himself elected to of - fice. The independents claim to have re- duced the approprintions for the next biennial period by over $1,000,000, and to have kept the expenses of the legisla~ tive session within the old economical limits, with the exception of unusual ex- penditures incurred by necessavy invest- igations and one case of impeachment. They also claim to have made an earn- est effort to introduce economy in the executive departments by the abolition of useless commissions and sinecures. The authors of the manifesto complain bitterly of the action of the republican hold-over senate in blocking various reform measures inaugurated by the house. There is doubtless some ground for this complaint. A hold- ove senate is a monstrosity, and Kansas might well alter her constitu- tion and render a recurrenco of the ex perience of the past few weeks impossi ble. But, on the other hand, the sen- ate has been a very comfortable shield for the ardent Kansas veformers. It has enabled them to make a democratic demonstration with the assurance that it would be perfectly harmless. Doubt- some of the reformers were sincere. equally certain that some of them werenot. The latter class “point with pride” to their unsuccessful efforts for reform and lay the blame on the senato. They have thus made capital for future campaigns, while accomplishing no good for the people, An interesting feature of the mani- fosto is the nole of satisfaction which it sounds ovor flff/fact that mo legislation has been enavlod to injure eapital or ns- sist in the repudiation of debts. This is curiously at vhtfance with the demands of the lust eampaign and the recent speeches of Paffer, Simpson, Mrs. Lenso and others. If cuts the ground from undor the feetof the independent lend ers in a large degree, and leaves the reador to doubl whether there would ever have bepn.a “popular uprising” in Kansas if the'campaign there of 1800 had been in 1{ii¢" with the retrospective manifesto of 1891, "he actual results of the reform logis- lature of Kansas are not more creditable thau those accomplished by most of its predecessors, [t has not done either the good nor the harm that was antiei- pated. But the soherest observer must admit that the state has suffered much by the agitation of the past year, and that the net gain to its peoplo is thusfar not apparent, THE NEWFOUNDLAND TROUBLE: The Newfoundland fishery dispute which has been more or less active for a year or twopast, has again as- sumed aserious aspect, and it seems probuble that the British government will find the matter extremely trouble- some. The dispatches announce that party lines inthe colony are entirely obliterated, and that all are united in protesting against the coercive policy which has been proposed in the British vartiament and in demanding that the rights of the colony as set forth by legislative onactments and otherwise shall be protected and guarantecd by the imperial govern- ment. If this is not done it is proposed to renounce allegiance to Great Britain and appeal to the United States for pro- tection and admission into the union. In view of the importance this contro- versy has attained, and the far. ching influcnce it may have upon the relations between France and England, as well as upon the colonial intorests Britain tn this continent, it will be in- teresting to briefly sum up its antecedent history. The tro recht, con- cluded in 1713, reserved to Irance certain rights over a portionof the New- foundland coast designated asthe French shore. The phrascology reciting these rights was repeated and confirmed by all the treaties of the eighteenth century, and by those of 1514 and 1815, although tho boundaries of the to-called French shore were varied in 1783, The lan- guage defining the French rights was, how umbiguous, and has been sub- jected to widely different constructions. The French contend that by the terms of the treaty they enjoy an exclusive right of fishery between Cape St. John and Cape Ray, passing around the north of the .island, and that all British fixed settlements on the inter- vening coast are contrary to the inter- national compact. The Newfoundland- ers maintain, on the other hand, that they have a concurrent right of fishery s0 long as they do not interfere with the fishery of the Irench, and that while they have no right to fixed fishing sot- tlements on the French shoré, they havé a right to fixed sottlements of any other kind, They assert further that the rights given to France by the treaty of Utrecht to catch figh and to dry them on the French shore, does mot include a right of erecting lobster canning factor- ies, for lobsters are mov fish and canning is not aryinz. Another griev— ance on which the Newfoundlander: stress is the bounty received by French fishermen from their govern- ment. This bounty, it is maintained, violates the terms of the treaties stipu- lating that the mode of condueting the fisheries shall be the same as thereto- fore, inasmuch as at the time of signing the treaties no bounty was in existence. The Newfoundlanders accordingly de- mand not only that the treaties shall re- ceive the construction which they put upon them, but that even the treaty rights, conceded by themselves to the French, shall be deemed suspended until the bounty is suspended. The con- flict of construction has led to frequent collisions between the French and the Newfoundlanders. Many efforts have been an end to this di made to put pute by conventions agreed upon between Ingland and France, but these have been rejected by the Newfoundland legislature. Last yeara provisional arrangement was en- tered into between the British and French governments by which the I'rench in Newfoundland were allowed to maintain the lobster factories put in operation during the previous year, and also to erect an indefinite num- ber of other factories. Against this the legislature of the colony remonstrated in an address to the crown, but without ef- fect. As a retaliatory measure the leg- 1slature passed a law imposing on for- eign fishermen a license for bait, and al- lowing only small quantities to be bought. When the French resorted to their own Newfoundland coast for catching the bait, the British fishermen crowded in and attempted to exercise joint rights of fishing. They were forced to take up their nets by a: French man-of-war, the commander of which issued a proclamation fotbidding the people of Newfoundland to fish for herring in St. George's bay or to continue oper ating their lobster-canning factories. In consequenco u! this the inhabitants refused to pay duties oMimports on the ground that the: British government, having refused to protect them, lost the right to tax them. The British apd French governments have recently ngreed tosubmit the dis- pute, or certain phases of it, to arbitras tion, and pending] the result it is pro- posed to coerce the Newfoundlanders into allowing the French to frecly exor- ciso the rights they elaim. This propo- sition hus exasperated the people of Newfoundland, and thoy are ripe for re- voltin the event of parliament passing the coercion bill, whether belore or after their representatives are given a hearing. France, of course, firmly in- sists on the fulfiilment of treaty obliga- tious, but it is suggested would che fuily sur hts in Newfound- land if England would withdraw from Egypt, while it may also be possible for Britain to solve the diffculty by purchasing all the Fepnch fishery rights in Newfoundland, As to the hope the ewfoundlanders entertain regarding 'Ohl\ United States they will be wise to dismiss it. The people of this country may sympathize with them, but they are not prepared to take them into political fellowship, SUPERISTENDENCE IN The proposed investigation of tho of- fal conduet of the superintendent of buildings employed by the board of odu- cation ata salary of $1,800 per wnnum may or may not result in discovering a great deal of earclessness and corrup. tion, It will reveal the thatthe suporintendent of buildings is more a janitor in chief than his title and satary would indicate, Ina growing city like this in which so many new buildings and enlargements of old ones aro required by tho incrense in population, the superintendeny should be a practieal builder, not merely acarpenter. He shouid be com- petent by training and expericuce to sclect plans and earry on work under them without the assistance of an archi- tectat five per cent upon the total cost of the structures. Omaha needs no original designs for school buildings. It is not herduty to devise models of school architocture. She can afford to necopt the experience of Chicago, Now York and other eastern cities and build accordinzly. A thoroughly competent man can rap- idly solect from plans owned by other cities, the exact style suited to the wants of Omaha, and purchuse them at a groat saving 1 architect's fees. Having the plans in detail the specifi tions follow almost as a matter of course and nothing remains for superintendence except the actual work us it is performed by the contractor, OF SCHOOL BUILD- If, by this proposed investigation, the board gets rid of Superintendent Wooll t should not engage his suc- cessor oly becauso he is a liv with the or o a good, sober ‘penter, but should seek and find a builder competent to protect the aity’s interests upon all contracts and trained to the business of drawing working plans of school buildings and divecting all the details of construction. A general school tinkerer can bo hired for money than 31,800 me rounder boys, less FrER a thorough investigation made y acommittee of the Kuansas legisl: ture, consisting of *three independents, one republican and one democrat, an ad- verso report has been made of the work - ings of the metropolitan police law ns at sent applied to Atchison, Kansas Fort Scott, Leavenworth, Topoka and Wichita. The act intended y to assist in the enforcoment of prohibition. The committee turn a side light upon the subject which clearly shows that each of these cities has sig nally failed toprevent the sales of liquor and the running of “joints.” Topeka expended $15,000 over and above re- ceipts in the attempt, but has not ban- ished the evils, In the other ci plain evasion of the law the police de- partment has been mado seli-sustaining, but “it is clearly 10 50, s the re- port, “through the encouragemont it gives to crimes and misdemeanors.’ The illegitimate joints bribe the police and they, being absolutely divorced from all responsibility to the people, escape the suporvision needed to make them effective. The report concludes with a recommendation that the metropolitan police law be abandoned and that the citios affected be allowed to enforce their own police regulations. This re- portis simply another official recogni- tion of the fact that prohibition in cities under the most favorable conditions is a failure. Ti was BER has been asked to help the citizens of Lincoln break up the rotten municipal ring that has controlled the political and financial affaivs of the cap- ital city for many years, This we should gladly do if it can be done without de- parting from the policy THE BEE has pursued editorially for years to keop out of all local fights waged in other towns than Omaha. This does not, however, close our news columns to any parties that may desire to avail them- selves of them in advocacy of good gov- ernment, “GENTLEMEN with capital and enter- priso will please confine themselves to the suburban villages. Omaha has enough of both and must protect its cor- porations against competition.” This is the offect of the notice served upon all cencorned by a city council largely owned and usually controlled by the corporate combinations of this city. IN plain violation of the express pro- visions of the state constitution, the leg- islative apportionment committes has the effrontery to propose a legislative apportionment bill which leaves the dis- tricts as they were determined by the acy of 1887, based upon the state census of 1885. JANUARY 24, 1891, is the date of the receipt by a council cqmmittee of the Ballou electric light franchise. Where has it been all these two months? Who tried to smother itand who is back of the effort to ends its existence by strangulation? Tk anti-gambling law as adminis- tered byour polico judge is a farce. What is the use of the police making raids-so long as the court allows the keepors of houses and their victims to g0 soot free? Applies to Private Life, Philadelphia Recond. When senatorial burlals cost peactblow prices it is time to halt such personaily con- ducted tours. MR Not a Real A Durham Glube, The editor of the Asheville Citizen thinks that because he lives above the clouds he is an angel. But he bas artificial wings. Suited to Ot Pittshurg Dispateh, The dogree of intelligeuco most urgently required of Now Orleans jurors at present consists of knowing when to get out of town. - Way it Works, Wakhington Post A Maine man was murdered in a barroom yesterduy, As a prohibition state Maine is furnishing her full shareof sensational news. - Dakota Editorial Humor. A South Dakota paper notes that the su- as handed down a declsion on brooches of trust” The Huronite replies that “the decisions of that court must be regular hand-me-downa." — - Des Moines Capita: The monopolists, corporate trusts and scheming demagogues are the cattorpillars that aro hatehing out anarchists that wiii ultimately endanger the - - wing Crankiom. New Fork Sun, Citizen George I'rancis Traln lias 1oss eccontric in his specch and way usod to bo iu former times, Occasionally ho talks 1iko & man of practical quality and or dorly thought. A few evenings ago, when he made a speech at & banquet of a literary club in this city, ho surprised his hundred rors by tho solidity of his idens and drew forth applause by the force of his language. There i + the obliteration of all thoso that formerly distin- guished the “eitizen”” from orainary citizens. vevublic. Outy become vate ise Must orfolk News. With an appropriation of only 50,000 for Nebraski's oxhibit at the world's faiv, the stato can do but little veyond providing cus- todiuns and a builling or moderato cost to contain the display of its resour Private entorprise must do the vost, and the money for preparing and exhibiting a creditable representation of Nobraska's products must be madoup by the pr ve citios and towns of the state. Noifolk should be “in it," and it is not a moment too oarly for the citizens of the v City to begin the work of preparation, iet There. ros Republicans Not Spe Senator Cocrell (Dm.), On account of the taws enacted tnuing in full foreo, T do not sco very great reductions from the approprintions of the Fifty-first congress can be made. Whether the revenues of the government will b in ed or dimini law of Oc 1890, remains mined. Until the business of s down under the n something like u steady basis estimate of rovenue o be same time itis impossible to any degree of certainty how much money will be required for theneeds of the govern- ment. Al predictions, therefore, ns to the appropriations to be made by the next con- gress ate of comparatively little value at this time, dthrifts. and con- low any hor o the tarife no made. predict with be deter- country law to asonable At Dashaway—I see that Robinson's engage been breken off, Cleverton —You surprise me. must have found out how poor Dashaway- Noj the poor Robinson was, Jud e Robinson, the girl was girl found out how Ram’s [Torn: Slasher—I hear that kins has taken a wife from the washtub, Stabber—That's not so; she is there Jaw- yet, TN THE SWIM, Noone understood how sho got But the reason at last th Her languago flowed out w vim That sho drowned, in the swim, have found ; th such torrible had to, or she’'d bave been Bos of a otto: ire witii poker chips. York Sun: Dr. Bush—Would you © me to have my picture hungi el —Noj; solitary confinément, ought to be sufii- cient. fpoch: Ho (rojected)—Would you ma mef L hud a milliont She It would depend on the evidence. Yale ecord: Jack—Harry to a drunkard’s grave. Tom—He said he wanted togo to some placo when ha died where he could get liquor. is going straight to judge a man by the_clothes s—tliey may be- loug to his roommate. Pack: Norah—Oi'm sorr Miss Giddy jsu't ut home, tiously)—Why —Bocause, sor.it's ihe biggest shiory Of ever towld in my life. New York Herald: Ho—How kuow I was ut the door! 1 ball. placed upon her finger) ment ring. did you dian't pull ‘the She (admiring the crclet he has just 1 heard the engiage- *Amelia, darling.” *Yes, *“You know we are sooun to “Yes." *And we should learn onomical in small things! “Yes" vou better turn down tho gas?’ Sparo Moments: Arthur.” married.” to be ““Hadn’ Munsey’s Weekly: Pennis—My novels go through the mails as second-class mattes Sogay—Isn't that rating them rather bight WHERE 1S ROBINSON? Silverware Polish Peddler Wanders Away and is Lost, Mrs. Flora Robinson, living at 2015 Izard street, was a caller at the central polico st tion yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Robinson re- ported that her husband had been wissing since last Thursday morning, and asked the and of the police in finding him. Robinson is a peddler of a preparation for polishing sil- verware, and for the past sixteen yeurs has made his living seling the stuff. Tho missing man left home Thursday morning saying he was going to South Owmaha, Since then there is no trace of him, Robinson, s0 says his wife, is subject to oc- casional fits of insanity. Sometimes these fits lastonly & day or 8o, and again foru waoek. Mrs. Robinson fears that het hus- band has been seized with one of his fits and has wandered off. There would bo no causo for Robinson in- outionally desortiu bis wife, as, it 18 u. derstood, s domestic relations were always pleasant, Robinson married his present wifs about throe years ago, she having a six-year- old son by @ former husband, During these temporary fits of insanity Mrs. Robinson said that her husband ovinced a great dislike for the child, but beyond that thew home life had always beon pleasant, ption of the missing man was loft 2 and the police will keep n look- Mrs, Robinson is left entirely at the sta! out for him. destitute. Ten Per Cent of the Gobbled blers Have (0 Answer. At the afternoon session of the poli the room was crowded with gamblers, their friends and many of those arvested us in- mates. Judge Helsley called up the prisoners one at & time, returned toeach his package of valuables and discharged bim. Below isa list of the gamblers and deal who were held. ‘Their trial is set for 2 p. m., Friday: Moyer, James Murdock, Will Nesie- Juke Mack, 11 P. Huz¢, H. B, Ken- ¢, Charies Bibbens, Buck Hendersnot, Henry Parrish, Ole Oleson, Dan Geiser, Neil Prico, Jamnes Wilson, Billy Eyersola, n, Chiarles Beck and Frea Ray. Gam- than he | od oy tho tarif | Ono cannot. kindlo much | court | FROM THE STATE CAPITAL, Motion % Quash Two Counts Against Mc. Farland and Mrs. 8heedy Overruled, FILING APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES, Quite a Number of Lincoln Men Want to Continue 1 ness—Murderous Assauit 0dds and Ends, Saloon Liscory, Nob., Ma v Bre)—Judgo Fiell heara | this morning on the motion to first und second counts of the | against Monday McFarland and Mrs s on the ground that they charged which tho defondants had no preii wminatton. "Tho motion was detense immediatoly filed a Qo plea, alleging that 1t did uo dofense. The domurvor was su. the plea was knocked out. McFarland's at A filed o demurrer to the first and counts, pr Iy the samo as above, WANT LIQUOTE [1CRNSES These are the days wheu tho stirs himself to secure saloon for auother yoar. T% filed apolications with tho Hoppe, 127 South ‘Tenth; chroeder & Beckma 001 O; Ci rlos ove constit his oty 0 ) Tvison & Co, , M7 0 William M, Standaxd, 1454 03 Charles Meyer, 1431 0; Jon I 1 03 Otto Gxlaser, Eleveuth and N; Schiller | & Ottens, 126 South Tenth; Keeny & O'Gurd! 12 1y T L. Lindsey, uth and Py Sanders, 1000 £} u 4 | South ¥ % North ' Twelfth; W 1 V. Shnide Wise & Cc th Seventh; h Sevouth; North Tenth: D N¢ 224 No Tuman, 10: North Tenth; Yorth Tenth; Clurene Eleventh; S, Seligsobn, twenty-five in all, WA 1 or Labor Commissioner aletter from his cousin, privato soc v of South Wales, Austral journalist there, and ing exearpt of the ¢ luch obli you sent ; ky, 108 ber & Dielofolt, apt THOU me John L, the premie a, and oW a prominent tho foliowing made mmsssiono: d for the copy of and shall b [SNTVINY 110 vecotve er: for a dail Ly mall portion s but a comparatively ot %11 taiion 1p by wdvartisemanis. Outanilles m Australia aro m for comnm men and the brealfas whilo would take all day tc 1. 1t seom: ever, to boa solid_paper, certainly ver spoken and lively,” [ 11 socms o mo a bie | i suited ble, A GIN CONPESSTON. James Paine and Joe Landers wero chavged with the heinous crime of having stolen a roll of carpet from a_man who deals in se ond hand goods, on Elevinth street between L and M. The carpet was found in Paine’s house in the bettoms. Landers denied his guilt, but Paine was frank. He said that ho had boen picking up paper in the alley for several days, and seeing that the man left bis_door open supposed the carpet was no | good, and walked off with it. He was given | $10 and costs to pay, whilo Joo went forth a free man. A MURDEROUS ASSAULT. On Saturday evening lust Peto Benson, who lives in a smail_houso on Third and O streets, had somo eallers, whowera no sooner ins1de than they set_upon Benson and beat him unmercifully. He was knocked down, stamped upon, his faco cut and oruised and one of his lags broken in two places, Benson s the mob was led by a fellow named Fred Binger. The place is o rendezyous for alco Yol Jamacia ginger and boer drinkers, who makolife a burden to residents. The place | is kept by one 1 ntion of the police has bee ed to the den for suppr sion. Benson is in vory bud _shape. was arrested, but deniés making tho assaults NOT A THEFT BUT A JOKE. J. M. Martin is & young painter. Ho has Goldwater to round the oived that to impress the Goldwater family with his ability as a humor- ist would be a fine thine for him. So whilo 10 ono was looking he slipped a pair of pan under his arm and startea to go out. Mrs, stopped him and ordered him to Ho protested it was big policoman took him to This morning Martin held a with Goldwater, who speedily toid the courtthat he believed “Hoke The judge order, but adjured that humorist that he should hereafter furnish a diagram in advance to the police when he was avout to one of his momentous jokes. BUTLER WAS RASTL In the ease of Dayid Butler Lincoln lhw‘n against David Butler and John 8. Wright, Butder this morming filed an apswer admits ting that in & rash moment he had agrecd to donate a cortain lot to the first male child born in tho city of Lincoln in case said child would take his namo and that of the future great ci s that tho writing was wholly d withiout, consideration He denies that plaintiff ever paid the sum of $lo other sum for said lot, or has ho wver enfered into its possession or made any provements thereon. That no benelit of any kind has evor accrued to this defendant and e wants it dismissed against him, 8 AND EXL Lasch’s agr mhl\ hut a consultation irthday, and celebrated by s of Ro- gontloman wilo at their o wis pleas- ial converso, od youth, has beon the event, was very the ladies of ah, who g home, 1224 K street antly spent at games au “harles White, a dop; arrested, chargod with petit larceny, A feminine customer of J. Z. Briscoe laid her pocketbook down on tho counter for a mos ment while she looked at some goods, Whito snatehod it and skipped. He was reioased on bail. Irank Mitehell, the colored fellow who lives at_tho police'station more than he does at any other place, swallow eral quarts of Hquor Saturday and afterwards stole n sack of flour from Grocer Schuller. Whilo running with his load he fell and the sack was burstopen, He left it lying thero and wandered over to Haltor's meat market | where he stole @ sheep, but had to drop it, 48 pursuit was too liv Ho was finally rralled and, having promised o leave town, o Missouri | been unmoy: mueh of 1ate by a gang of bums who in- vado their sandhouse in order to sleap. Thero is & groat. big heater in there, and the sand being kept very warm tobe thoroughly dry | affords a splendid place to snooze lu. Last | nightthe police raided the place and cap- tured fifteen fellows cuvled Three of thom wi up in the sand. o discharged this a8 they were successful in inducing to believe their story about ha waiting for them, while the oth giyen ten days cachi. Walter Hunter, tho young lad charged with committing a serles of burglaries in Univer sity Place, was arraigued bofore Justice Cochran this aftornoon In this morning's Bre appeared the ment that the fool of the docket of the supreme court commenced Wednesday, It should read that it commences Wednesday, ing jobs were state- Highest of all in Leavening Power—1. 8. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889, Baking - so=o Powder — perpetrate /‘